Stop signs or yield right-of-way signs at specified entrances to highways
186(1)Subject to subsection (1.1), the following may designate through highways and cause stop signs or yield right-of-way signs to be erected at specified entrances to the highways:
(a)
local authorities, within their jurisdictions;
(b)
the New Brunswick Highway Corporation, with respect to highways under its administration and control; and
(c)
the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, with respect to all other highways, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, those under the administration and control of a project company.
186(1.1)A project company having the administration and control of a highway shall cause signs referred to in subsection (1) to be erected at entrances to the highway in accordance with the directions of the Minister of Transportation.
186(2)Where a highway within the jurisdiction of a local authority is divided into separate lanes at its point of intersection with another highway, the local authority may designate one or more of such lanes as stop lanes, and cause a stop sign or yield right-of-way sign to be erected on or suspended over any such lane or lanes.
186(3)The driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall bring the vehicle to a full stop at a clearly marked stop line, or, if none, then immediately before entering the nearest cross walk, or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting highway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting highways before entering the intersection.
186(3.1)Where a driver is required to stop pursuant to subsection (3),
(a)
he shall not proceed until the condition of the traffic on the highway being entered upon is such that he can enter upon it safely, and
(b)
he shall yield the right-of-way in accordance with section 167.
186(4)The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield right-of-way sign shall
(a)
slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions before and while entering the intersection, and
(b)
yield the right-of-way in accordance with section 167.
186(5)Evidence that a stop sign or yield right-of-way sign is erected at an entrance to a highway is
prima facie proof of the designation of such highway as a through highway at that location.
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